Our woman in Washington: Australia's Melissa Chiu settles into role leading the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum
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If we hadn't been part of the Smithsonian, we would've gone the way of the Corcoran." - Washington City Paper
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Jill Biden presides over groundbreaking party for Hirshhorn Museum's controversial sculpture garden revamp
Our woman in Washington: Australia's Melissa Chiu settles into role leading the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum
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Melissa Chiu Named Director of the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian Institution
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